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Make a control transparent

When a control is transparent, the color displayed in the control is the color of the control, section, or form behind it.

1. Open a form, report, or data access page in Design view.
2. Click the control that you want to change.
3. On the Form/Report Formatting or Page Formatting toolbar, click the arrow next to Fill/Back Color .
4. Click the Transparent button on the palette.

Note  You can make any control transparent except labels, list boxes, and toggle buttons in forms and reports. In data access pages, you can make drop-down list boxes, list boxes, rectangles, and PivotTable lists transparent. Option groups in forms, reports, and data access pages are transparent by default.